Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: North Charleston city GEOCODE:45-0987 SC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 62,534 100.0% 70,161 100.0% 7,627 12.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 43,984 70.3% 51,192 73.0% 7,208 16.4 2.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 12,916 20.7% 9,445 13.5% -3,471 -26.9 -7.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 44,900 71.8% 43,978 62.7% -922 -2.1 -9.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 15,996 25.6% 24,112 34.4% 8,116 50.7 8.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 898 1.4% 1,151 1.6% 253 28.2 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 251 0.4% 443 0.6% 192 76.5 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,401 2.2% 1,675 2.4% 274 19.6 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,545 8.9% 7,047 10.0% 1,502 27.1 1.2 5-17.................. 10,638 17.0% 11,533 16.4% 895 8.4 -0.6 18-24.................. 18,826 30.1% 14,666 20.9% -4,160 -22.1 -9.2 25-44.................. 17,960 28.7% 24,976 35.6% 7,016 39.1 6.9 45-64.................. 6,921 11.1% 7,897 11.3% 976 14.1 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,644 4.2% 4,042 5.8% 1,398 52.9 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 16,183 25.9% 18,580 26.5% 2,397 14.8 0.6 40 AND OVER............ 12,232 19.6% 15,246 21.7% 3,015 24.6 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.5 25.9 2.4 10.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,904 $21,824 920 4.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,178 $23,435 257 1.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,799 $10,315 516 5.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,984 20.2% 13,248 21.7% 3,264 32.7 1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 17,935 100.0% 23,545 100.0% 5,610 31.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,330 74.3% 16,088 68.3% 2,758 20.7 -6.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,658 37.1% 9,140 38.8% 2,482 37.3 1.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,927 55.3% 11,285 47.9% 1,358 13.7 -7.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,568 31.0% 6,085 25.8% 517 9.3 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,719 15.2% 3,873 16.4% 1,154 42.4 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,957 10.9% 2,809 11.9% 852 43.5 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,753 20.9% 5,756 24.4% 2,003 53.4 3.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 27,525 100.0% 36,915 100.0% 9,390 34.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,640 38.7% 11,531 31.2% 891 8.4 -7.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,582 9.4% 4,213 11.4% 1,631 63.2 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 18,990 100.0% 27,565 100.0% 8,575 45.2 FEMALE................ 8,905 46.9% 13,575 49.2% 4,670 52.4 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 17,040 89.7% 25,645 93.0% 8,605 50.5 3.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,803 14.8% 4,848 17.6% 2,045 73.0 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,580 13.6% 4,027 14.6% 1,447 56.1 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,197 100.0% 26,614 100.0% 6,417 31.8 OCCUPIED.............. 17,957 88.9% 23,527 88.4% 5,570 31.0 -0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,261 40.4% 8,849 37.6% 1,588 21.9 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,845 $62,814 4,969 8.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 10,696 59.6% 14,678 62.4% 3,982 37.2 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $354 $410 56 15.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,631 47.7% 10,819 40.7% 1,188 12.3 -7.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 3,075 15.2% 4,923 18.5% 1,848 60.1 3.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.9 1973.0 11.1 0.6 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis